much obliged, lots to try

the more I think about it I'm pretty sure the Hard Drive isn't booting at all. Almost like I'm turning the box on but nothing is reacting inside.

3 years and it's dead, unimpressed with Dell if that's the case.

Posted By: samcd84 on February 5th 2013 at 10:59:35

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Morning wrath techys, a few moment of your time if you would be so kind. (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 09:10:57
- take the power lead out (General Chat) - Karnivore, Feb 5, 12:53:01
  - What's the PSU Karn? (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 13:15:37
    - Power Supply Unit. It's the bit of the PC that you plug the kettle-lead into. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 5, 13:55:14
      - kettle lead, proper idiot-proof, cheers AB (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 13:59:30
        
        sorry Sam, only just seen this (General Chat) - Karnivore, Feb 5, 18:45:10
- I've got a 10 year old Dell desktop that has always been fine so (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 5, 11:04:47
  - ha, my 2007 ish desktop is starting to behave like this (General Chat) - pants, Feb 5, 11:06:58
- I used to have this with an old stack. Here's how I'd get it going (General Chat) - pants, Feb 5, 10:55:45
  - Partition magic intut? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 5, 11:01:10
  - much obliged, lots to try (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 10:59:35
    - I didn't realise it was a newish one. Something in the start up that's failing then (General Chat) - pants, Feb 5, 11:03:24
      - If by any chance you have a big external hdd plugged in. That would be good to hear (General Chat) - pants, Feb 5, 11:05:34
        
        I removed all USB's last night and tried starting it up with only... (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 11:08:40
        
        When you do get it going. Maybe put it into 'sleep' mode instead of shutdown (General Chat) - pants, Feb 5, 11:11:04
        
        this parted magic disc? (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 11:10:03
        
        Yeah (General Chat) - pants, Feb 5, 11:20:35
        
        This is what it looks like when loaded up (General Chat) - pants, Feb 5, 11:24:16
        
        How can it boot from RAM ? The RAM is empty until it boots. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 5, 11:33:43
        
        Dunno, just thought it did (General Chat) - pants, Feb 5, 11:35:54
        
        ... (General Chat) - pants, Feb 5, 11:36:14
- Did it do any beeps on boot up? (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 5, 10:07:33
  - Forgot to attach link (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 5, 10:07:58
- Ah, when this happened to me (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 5, 09:41:00
  - i did the same, didn't work for me either (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 09:41:33
- check the lead. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Feb 5, 09:37:19
  - monitor lead? (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 09:37:35
    - yes... or should I say cable. It is (General Chat) - Pixelman, Feb 5, 09:39:44
- Almost certainly the processor. (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 5, 09:30:43
  - Really? Processors pretty much never go wrong (General Chat) - scruffy, Feb 5, 09:53:35
    - yeah cant see it being processor either. (General Chat) - doncoop, Feb 5, 10:06:54
      - Every time I've had this failure it's been the CPU though it may well not be. (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 5, 10:12:58
        
        The thing is that most (all?) modern CPUs have an automatic shut off (General Chat) - scruffy, Feb 5, 10:35:38
        
        Replaced the whole motherboard iirc. (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 5, 11:21:56
  - I'm not but cheers, may be home sometime in next couple of weeks (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 09:37:21
- My dad had similar and it was his graphics card (General Chat) - Ben, Feb 5, 09:28:03
  - a couple of people have mentioned graphics card, i haven't modified the unit at all (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 09:36:25
    - Laptops either have on board gfx this means the chip (General Chat) - eddie, Feb 5, 10:17:58
      - it's a desktop, cheers for your help (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 10:22:45
        
        Ok same goes for desktop (n/m) (General Chat) - eddie, Feb 5, 11:09:24
- things to try.... (General Chat) - doncoop, Feb 5, 09:18:12
  - Only other monitor option is trying HDMI to tv which I'll do tonight (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 09:22:21
- Sounds tine for a new one if it has a separate gfx card could be tgat (General Chat) - eddie, Feb 5, 09:17:39
- yes, I've had this before on a Dell....I fixed it... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 5, 09:15:05
  - my particular smell hasnt helped (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Feb 5, 09:16:14
    - eat pickled eggs and red cabbae, then try again. HTH xx (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 5, 09:32:13

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